Oranges in the Sun : : Short Stories from the Arabian Gulf / / ed. by Abubaker A. Bagader, Deborah S. Akers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Ahdal, Wajdi al-,; Akers, Deborah S.,; Badib, ‘Ali ‘Awad,; Bagader, Abubaker A.,; Bagi, Yassir ‘Abd al-,; Bahah, Muhammad O.,; Bakhshawayn, ‘Abd Allah,; Bilal, Ahmad,; Bogary, Ahmad,; Bulushi, Saud,; Dammaj, Hamadan,; Dammaj, Zayd Muti‘,; Faiz, Jamal,; Faqih, Zayd Salih al-,; Ghadir, Munirah A. al-,; Gharbi ‘Umran, Muhammad al-,; Hajiri, Muhsin al-,; Hallabi, Nasir al-,; Hamid Ahmad, ‘Abd al-,; Hammad, Hamad al-,; Humaydan, Ibrahim Nassir al-,; Husayn, \x27Abd Allah,; Ilah, ‘Abd al-,; Jabr, Kulthum,; Khalifah, Abd Allah,; Khayyat, Najat,; Latif al-Kuwari, Widad ‘Abd al-,; Mahrus, Hasan ‘Isa al-,; Malik, Muhammad ‘Abd al-,; Ma’mami, Sulayman al-,; Mishri, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz,; Muhammad Salih, Layla,; Mundhri, Yahya bin Salam al-,; Murr, Muhammad al-,; Nu’aymi, Huda al-,; Qadir, ‘Abd al-,; Rahabi, Muhammad ibn Sayf,; Raqabah, Badr Abu,; Rashid, Hasan,; Rashid, ‘Ali Muhammad,; Rifai, Talib al-,; Shafi’i, Muna al-,; Shamlan, Sharifah al-,; Uthman, Layla al-,; Zar’uni, Asma’ al-,; al-Bashar, Badriyah,; al-Mu’bi, Zahra S.,; al-Siba‘i, Ahmad,; ’Arimi, Su’ad al-,
• HerausgeberIn: Akers, Deborah S.,; Bagader, Abubaker A. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 p.)

An anthology that embodies the range of emotional and material concerns of the peoples of the Arab Gulf region, and at the same time reflects the development of the short-story genre in the region.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Short Story in the Arabian Gulf Region: Origins and Development -- Saudi Arabia -- Auntie Kadrajan -- Suq al-Nada -- The Jewelry Box -- The Impossible -- I Was Betrayed with a Single Golden Pound -- Knowing His Secret -- The Shelter -- An Encounter -- Bloodstains on the Wall -- The Silver Polisher -- Reaching You Through the Letter Carrier -- Yemen -- The Corn Seller -- Trilling Cries of Joy -- A Parting Shot -- Sanaa Does Not Know Me -- The Veiled One -- To Return by Foot -- The Nightmare -- Bus #99 -- Oman -- Oranges in the Sun -- A Crisis at Sea -- A Voice from the Earth -- Ghomran’s Oil Field -- Sounds of the Sea -- The Disaster -- The White Dog -- United Arab Emirates -- The Plight -- An Idyllic World -- Surprise at the Airport -- A Bouquet of Jasmine -- Bahrain -- That Winter -- Al-Assadiah -- The Dogs -- The Siege ‘Abd al-Qadir ‘Aqil -- Qatar -- Layla -- A Night of Sorrow -- The Storyteller -- A Woman -- The Checkpoint -- The Prize -- The Alley -- Kuwait -- The Homeland Is Far Away, the Roads Are Many -- The ID Card -- Hunger -- The Age of Pain -- The Return of a Captive -- New Wrinkles -- Guns and Jasmine -- Bashrawi -- About the Book